The Sunspire i was all starry-eyed and later petrified

he supposed it was, he'd never thought about it much... donnelaith had not really ever been his home-- merely his birthplace. and then, moonspear, and now, sunspire. he pondered the comment-- just briefly-- before nodding. "maybe i'll go back to it one day, just to visit," he told her thoughtfully, "you could come, if you love the ocean." 

and though his parents were not dead, terance didn't make anymore comments on it-- since seabreeze didn't dwell on it-- it truthfully never occurred to him that she might've thought osprey and dante were dead. "i'm adjusting," he admitted, smiling weakly, "i definitely don't think we could've found a better territory... i'm certainly happy, but it's different than before." he shrugged, gaze falling on her pale features. "i'm sure you can say the same."

"very beautiful," he added with an airy breathe. it really was.